Trolling spoon or spinner.



y P. JUNOD. TROLLING SPOON Oil-SPINNER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1903.

K0 MODEL.

ZSSZ I I Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL JUNOD, OF OELINA, OHIO.

TROLLING SPOON OR SPINNER."

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,976, datedDecember 29, 1903.

Application filed June 5. 1903. Serial No. 160,236. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that L'PAUL J UNOD, a citizen of the United States, residingat Celina, in the county of Mercer and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Trolling Spoon or Spinner, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to trolling spoons or spinners.

The object of the invention is to produce a spinner which may be morereadily rotated than spinners as heretofore constructed,which will haveless tendency to catch trash floating in the water and become encumberedthereto, which shall-be capable of more irregular movement than theordinary type of.

spinner, and the construction of which shall be simpler and cheaper thanthat of spinners of the ordinary type.

With the-object above stated and others in view, as will appear when theinvention is more fully disclosed, the same consists in the constructionand combination of parts of a trolling spoon or spinner, as hereinafterdescribed,illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part ofthis specification, and having the novel features thereof particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a viewin side elevation of a form ofembodiment of the invention having a single spinner. Fig. 2 is a detailView in section, showing the mode of supporting the spinner of Fig. 1 onits shaft. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of an embodiment of theinvention having two spinners. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the modeof supporting the twospinners of Fig. 3 upon their shaft. Fig. 5 is adetail view to show the passage of the rear spinner over the enlargementof "the shaft,

Corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of referencein the several views in which they appear.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 1 designates a shaftor standard provided at each end with a loop 2, to one of which issecured as wiv el 3'and to the other of which is attached a hook 4,preferably provided with a plurality of prongs concealed in the usualmanner by a gaily-colored bunch that will hereinafter appear.

adapted to deceive the fish and induce them to bite at the hook.

' Freely rotatable upon the shaft 1 is a spinner 5, having a hub portion6 and a pair of oppositely-disposed inclined arms 7. The arms 7 are bentback toward the hook at the rear of the shaft 1 and are preferablyslightly twisted, so that the action of the water thereon may cause therotation of'the spinner upon the shaft. The hub 6 of the spinner ispreferably formed by stamping, so as to present on the forward surfaceof the hub a convexity of the form shown, and at the center of .the hubis formed an opening 8, considerably larger than the shaft 1 and havingthe margin thereof turned toward the rear for a purpose At .oppositesides of the hub 6 and forming the connection between the hub and thearms 7 are ribs 9, also formed by stamping and presenting on the forwardsurface thereof a convexity and on the rearward surface a concavity. Theribs 9 serve the double purpose of forminga stifi connection between thehub 6 and the plates 7 and also presenting a convex surface over whichsmall particles of grass or weeds floating in the water will slipreadily without becoming entangled with the spinner.

In order to give sufficient stiffness to the spinners as heretoforeconstructed when light material, such as that employed in my improvedform of spinner, is employed, a brace has been placed between the platesof the spinner and disposed transversely of the shaft, for which anopening is provided in the center of the brace. Such a construction isundesirable, for the reason that the attachment of the brace is anadditional item of expense, because the transverse membershaving bothends attached to the spinner-blades form an obstacle against whichparticles of grass and weeds are prone to catch, thereby checking themovement of the spinner, and because the brace holds the spinner againstany rocking movement in a plaue parallel with the axis ofthe shaft. p

By providing the stamped'ribs 9 Iain able to dispense with the bracebetween the spinner-blades, because 'the ribs givefsufficient stiffnesswithout increasing the weight of the spinner, and the ribs present asurface over which small particles of floating rubbish pass readilywithout lodging.

To provide for free rocking movement of the spinner in planes parallelwith the axis of the shaft, the opening 8 in the hub is made large, asabove stated, and the margin thereof which is directed rearward restsupon the convex surface of asmall conical washer 10, which liesimmediately behind the spinner. The washer 10 has a comparatively smallcentral opening just large enough to permit free rotation thereof aboutthe shaft 1, and immediaiely behind the washer 10 is a similar conicalwasher 11, oppositely disposed and provided with a larger centralopening. Behind the washer 11 is a third washer 12, also of conical formand having the convex surface thereof directed forward, as shown. The

opening in this washer is smaller than that in the washer 11, whichaccordingly fits over the apex of washer 12. This arrangement of thewashers, which form an abutment against which the spinner 5 rests,affords, as will be readily observed, a bearing surface upon which thespinner rocks with the utmost freedom and which does not in anywayimpede its rotation about the shaft 1.

In Fig. 3 there is illustrated a modified form of the invent-ion inwhich two spinners are mounted upon the shaft. The construction of thespinners is identical with that of the spinner already described, andthe only difference in the two forms of the invention is found in thefact that the shaft 1 is made somewhat longer in the modified form andis provided intermediate of the loops with an enlargement 14, whichforms an abutment against which the Washers of the forward spinner arepressed by the action of the water on the spinner. The washers of therearward spinner rest against the rear loop, as in the torm of theinvention first described.

In the modified form of the invention a function appears which isunnecessary in and which is absent from the form first described. Theenlargement 14 upon the shaft 1 is made sufficiently small for therearward spinner to pass forward over it when a fish strikes, sopermitting the spin ner to move out of the way and go forward intocontact with the washers supporting the forward spinner.

It will readily be seen that in both forms of the invention ashereinbefore described the spinners are of very simple and inexpensiveconstruction, being formed by a single stamping operation and notrequiring the soldering or attaching by other means of brace members orthe like. It will also be seen that the spinners are susceptible ofrocking movement upon the shaft as well as rotary movement around it,thereby permitting greater irregularity of movement, and hence producingan appearance more calculated to attract fish than that produced by asingle spinner which rotates in a fixed path only.

While I have described andshown the construction of the preferred formsof embodiment of my invention, it will be obvious that numerous changesmay be made in the form, proportions,and other minor constructivedetails thereof Without departing from the spirit of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the construction and advantages of my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a trolling spoon or spinner, a rotary member bent to presentoppositely-inclined blades each of which has a rounded strengthening-ribformed upon the forward surface.

2. In a trolling spoon or spinner, a rotary member having a hubpresenting a convex forward surface and a pair of oppositely-disposedinclined blades each having on its forward surface a roundedstrengthening-rib formed integral with the hub and blades.

3. In a trolling spoon or spinner, a shaft, a member mounted forrotation on said shaft and comprising a hub having a central apertureconsiderably larger than said shaft, the margin of the aperture beingbent rearward, and a conical member carried by said shaft and forming anabutment to limit the rearward movement of the rotary member on saidshaft.

4. In a trolling spoon or spinner, a shaft, a rotary member mounted onsaid shaft, and a plurality of concavocon-vex washers mounted on theshaft at the rear of said rotary member, alternate washers beingdisposed with the convex surfaces forward and the intervening washersbeing disposed with their convex surfaces rearward.

5. In a trolling spoon or spinner, a shaft, a rotary member mounted onsaid shaft and having a central opening considerablylarger than saidshaft, a concavo-convex washer immediately behind said rotary member andhaving its convex surface disposed forward, a second concavo-convexwasher behind the first-mentioned washer and oppositely disposed, and athird concavo-convex washer behind the second washer and disposedsimilarly to the first washer.

6. In a trolling spoon or spinner, a shaft having an enlargementintermediate of its ends, a rotary member mounted on said shaft inadvance of the enlargement, means for preventing the movement of saidmember to the rear of said enlargement, and a rotary member mounted onsaid shaft behind the enlargement and having a central opening largeenough to pass over said enlargement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL J UN OD.

Witnesses:

N. W. TAYLOR, M. TAYLOR.

